Merkel vindicated as churches bombed and Christians attacked around the world

Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 - Australian Christians

Australian Christians will stand with the Australian Association of Pakistani Christians to light a candle and remember the victims of Peshawar. All are invited to join this event; a silent protest for an end to the senseless violence, the lack of protection and continued discrimination against religious minorities in Pakistan.

Join the Right Reverend Philip Huggins and those calling for protection of Pakistan's minorities and light a candle for the victims of Peshawar.

The US Commission for Religious Liberty predicts the complete eradication of Iraq and Egypt's indigenous Christians and any Christian presence from Afghanistan. The most recent spate of attacks against Christians include
Kenya (the assailants allegedly shouting for Muslims to get out of the way so
they could specifically kill and mutilate Christians which they did with exceptional brutality), Egypt, Syria and the most deadliest
attack yet against Christians in Pakistan who were attending Peshawar’s All
Saints Church 22 September 2013. According to the Australian Association of Pakistani Christians, this attack left 200 dead and 175 injured.

The cleansing of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan is often
further fueled by cultural support for Pakistan’s sharia blasphemy law. Religious
zealots dish out sharia punishments with impunity.

Pakistan’s
blasphemy law states at Section 295-C:

“Whoever
by words, either spoken or written or by visible representation, or by any
imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the
sacred name of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) shall be punished
with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.”

Pakistan has become a nightmare for
religious minorities both on a personal and collective scale. According to Global Minorities Alliance report, just a week
before the church bombing in Peshawar, a Karachi man, Boota Masih, was accused
of blasphemy by a coworker shouting ‘an infidel who has blasphemed against
Muhammad’.

"A
large number of people, including four policemen and private security guards of
the market, witnessed the entire scene, but no one tried to stop the killer,
who walked away waving the dagger in his hand."

To
remain silent about the violence against religious minorities in OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) nations is
akin to joining those who watched and let the killer walk free in Karachi.

The
Australian envoy to the OIC has a responsibility to be a voice for those who
are silenced and subjected to violence and discrimination. OIC demands for
‘tolerance’ from other states must be directed towards its own citizens who continually
fall foul to sharia intolerance.

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Australian Christians is a federal political party with the goal of representing the values and concerns of the 2.7 million Christian Australians who attend church once a month or more, and others who identify with these values and human rights concerns.